The police system put in place for several days could be maintained at the request of Emmanuel Macron. The President of the Republic has indeed urged Gérald Darmanin, his Minister of the Interior, to maintain a “massive presence” of police officers on the ground to obtain “a return to calm”. This decision is part of a context of sharp decline in violence after six nights of riots linked to the death of young Nahel, said Monday the entourage of the head of state.
“The President of the Republic wants the executive to maintain a high level of commitment and pressure on the ground, with a massive presence, to reinforce the return to calm and order”, we also note. source.
The Minister of the Interior said on Monday, after a night when no major incidents were reported, that “order” was “being restored”, “thanks to a firmness which has been displayed”. Gérald Darmanin renewed on Sunday evening a device of 45,000 police and gendarmes throughout the territory to deal with the riots triggered by the death of young Nahel, killed by a police officer during a road check on Tuesday in Nanterre.
During a meeting Sunday evening at the Élysée with the head of government Élisabeth Borne and seven ministers, Emmanuel Macron asked to “continue to do everything to restore order and guarantee a return to calm”. “Without drawing any hasty conclusions, at this stage, everything suggests that he did well to decide for a graduated response,” said those around him.